Bracket clothes-bar



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E. C. HISCOGK.

- BRACKET CLOTHES BAR. No. 360,386. Patented MaLZQ, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELUM C. HISCOCK, OF CARO, MICHIGAN.

BRACKET CLOTHES-BAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 360,386, dated March29, 1887.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELUM C. HIsoocK, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Caro, in the county lof Tuscola and State ofvMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in BracketClothes- Bars, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in bracket-holders or racks fortowels or similar articles, which are designed to be secured to a wallin a room, or in any convenient place where they are needed; and theobject thereof is to produce a simple, economical, and convenvientrackin its construction and operation and at the same time occupy but littlespace; and with these ends in View the invention consists in the novelconstruction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter moreparticularly described and specifically claimed.

In the annexed drawings, to which reference is made, and which fullyillustrate my-invention, Figure I is a perspective View of my invention,and Fig. Il isa sectional viewof the same.

A represents the back or rear portion of a rack, which may be'of anysuitable form or design, and B is a semi-cylindrical support or sheltlfor a series of bars, which project therefrom at right angles to A, andupon whichthe articles are suspended for drying, 8vo.4 This support B isprovided with a series of perforations, C, equally distant apart aroundits periphery or edge, and upon the under side of this support and`communicating with said perforations C are aseries of radial kerfs orslots, D, and around the periphery of the support B and at the lowerpart of these slots is a semicircular piece of wire, E, upon which restthe inner ends of a plurality of bars, F, the inner ends of said barsbeing provided with hooks G, through the medium of which, when the barsare not in use, they are hung or suspended and held against the wire E,as shown in dotted linesin Fig. II.

It will be observed from the above description that when the rack is tobe used theinner ends of the bars are shoved to the farthest pointagainst the back or rear of the rack, the bars moving within the slots,which allows said bars to remain supported by the wire and support andprojecting horizontally 'and radially from the support, and when thisposition of the bar is assumed clothes or other articles can be placedthereon, when desired.

Vhen it becomes necessary to not use the rack, the bars are allwithdrawnthrough the pertorations to the point where they abut against thesernicircular piece ot' wire, when they fall downjoy gravity at rightangles to the support or shelf, and the hooks upon the ends of said barscatching over the wire suspend them from the wire, as shown in Fig. il,hereinbefore referred to, whereby economy in room and space is secured,and where they will be out ofH'the way and the bars not liable to bebroken oli1 by any obstacle running against them.

I wish it to beunders'tood that l reserve the right to vary theconstruction of my device without any departure from the spirit of theinvention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a towel-rack, the combination of the bracket A and the shelf B,having the kerl's D, intersecting with perl'orations C in the peripheryof the shelf B, and semicircular wire E, all constructed and arranged asshown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signatur-ein

